The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-01-14
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

Guinea fowls are excellent sem
tinels against hawks, eats and other
''yarmints. IN. 7. Herald.
The best place for small fruit
garden is near the house, where it is
most convenientfor the good housewife
and safest from thieves.-Troy Times.
Many persons complain that they
can not grow good crisp radishes. The
trouble is the land is too heavy and
rich; load of clear sand worked into
ten or twelve feet square of ground
will make good radish soil.-Albany
Journal.
A French horticulturist, Mons
Noble, has found that the seeds of the
finestvarieties of grapes terminate more
quickly than those of the commoner
sorts, and that seeds fresh from the
fruit terminate better than those which
have been dried.
Choice Fig Cake: A large cup
butter, two and half of sugar, one of
sweet milk, three pints flour with three
teaspoons baking powder, whites of
sixteen eggs, pound and a quarter of
figs well Toured and cut in strips like
eitron no fiayoring.-The Household.
Corn Beef and Pork: Slice cold
corned beef very thin and cut in two
inch squares; cover each with thin
bit of salt pork, dredge with flour,
skewer in a firm roll and fry; add a
pint of soup stock and simmer, season.
ing with lemon and cayenne Chicago
NeUs.
Corn Bread: Two pints of corn
meal, two heaping teaspoonfuls baking
powder, mix, add three-quarters of
pint of sweet milk or water, one-half
teaspoonful of salt, one large spoonful
of molasses and two eggs; stir all well,
pour into a pan which has been well
creased, bake Immediately in a mid
ling hot oven about one-half hour
Toledo Blade.
"A novel material used in many
ways is linen thread. 1t is prepared
for the purpose of fancy work, and is
knitted, crocheted, braided and twist
ed with great ingenuity and with Won
derful finish. When braided in many
strands it resembles straw, but is much
softer and more delicate, and possesses
the virtue of being capable of washing.
Boston Journal.
DIR. w. Halbert treats felons with
salt and turpentine, allowing the MKT
ure to remain on the finger several
days-moistening the salt twice day
with the oil of turpentine. In the
forming stage of felon he wraps the
finger firmly with surgeons silk ISM
glass plaster, and applies the mixture
over, leaving it undisturbed for two or
three days.-N. Y Post.
Try this way of stewing tomatoes.
To can of toma toes allow a teaspoon
full of minced onions, as much white
sugar, salt and pepper to taste, a table
spoonful of butter and two tablespoon
fulls of fine crumbs; stew fast for twen-
ty minutes and rub through hot col
ander into deep-covered dish. This
is decided improvement on the usual
style of cooking tomatoes.-Bostoaa,
Budget.
Gardeners Magazine has this to
say about new type of single dahlia
lately lowered in England: 1.-The flo
rets are narrow, pointed, slightly twist
ed and placed sufficiently far apart to
make a windmill. The ultra florists
will perhaps groan in reading our poor
description, but we shall be greatly,
mistaken if they do not jump for joy;
when they see the flower. Well, we
advise them to look for it, and to be in
no great haste to subject it to the old
floral rules"